Connecticut General Assembly

Connecticut policymakers are scrambling to develop a new energy strategy now that decisions in Massachusetts and New Hampshire have stalled multibillion-dollar pipeline projects to bring more natural gas to New England.

The long-range consequences of taking the wrong path now could lead to millions of dollars in added energy costs for consumers, missing mandated greenhouse gas emission reductions and a weaker business climate.

Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's administration is trying to revise the state's comprehensive energy plan, and state officials say they hope to have it completed by early next year.

"The challenge of inadequate regional natural gas capacity to serve...

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